Thursday, September 10th. Day 253 of 2026
It’s TV Dinner Day ! The Swanson Company began marketing those horrible things in Aluminum Trays on this day in 1953
Happy Port Wine Day !
1846: Elias Howe is granted a patent for the sewing machine
1894: London taxi driver George Smith is said to he first to be fined for drunk driving
1921: The Ayus Autobahn in Germany opened . The road is known for its nonexistent speed limit
1942: President Franklin Roosevelt mandated gasoline rationing as part of the U.S. wartime effort
1955: “Gunsmoke” premiered on CBS
1984: Alex Trebek debuted as host of the TV game show Jeopardy!
1988: President Clinton met with members of his Cabinet to apologize, ask forgiveness and promise to improve as a person in the wake of the scandal involving Monica Lewinsky
2000: “Cats” closes on Broadway after nearly 7,500 performances
2025: American right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk is assassinated while onstage at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah
News: Taylorsville man listed on sex-offender registry taken into custody overnight…Lenoir woman busted on drug charges in Alexander County…Former Newton Police Officer sentenced to prison…Catawba County Deputies arrest woman for stealing car at knifepoint…Wilkes Town of Ronda to be dissolved ?
Weather: Sunny with a high near 90
Sports: Three new athletes named to Alexander County Sports Hall of Fame…AC Soccer and Ashe County battle to draw…Coach Marshall says some young player got some great minutes last Friday…East blanks Watauga…NFL opens season with a slog…Rays take down Braves again…Phills close within 3…Dodgers look like they have their Mojo back
Happy Birthday: José Feliciano, Margaret Trudeau, Bill O’Reilly, Joe Perry, Amy Irving, Colin Firth, Randy Johnson, Guy Ritchie, Ryan Phillippe, Jay Williams, Jordan Staal
Word of the Day: paleontology [pey-lee-uhn-tol-uh-jee] the science of the forms of life existing in former geologic periods, as represented by their fossils. scientific study of life in the geologic past. From the French word paléontologie “He studied paleontology because more than anything, it struck him as amazing.”
Quote of the Day: “The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege.”… Charles Kuralt (Born this day in 1934)